💼 Full-Time Position

Data architect

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Samaha Consulting
📍 johannesburg, gauteng, South-Africa
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Location
johannesburg, South-Africa
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Posted
June 14, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Data Architect

Make sure candidate has both Technical in Depth as well as leadership exp to handle teams. Role Summary

Senior Data Architect is responsible for defining the overall data strategy, architecture, governance, and standards across the organization. The role ensures scalable, secure, and high-performance data platforms supporting analytics, AI/ML, and business intelligence initiatives.

Key Responsibilitie s Data Architecture & Strateg y Define enterprise data architecture (logical & physical models )Design scalable data platforms (Data Lake, Data Warehouse, Lakehouse )Establish data standards, frameworks, and best practice s Solution Desig n Architect end-to-end data pipelines (batch & real-time )Select appropriate technologies (Cloud: Azure/AWS/GCP, Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric )Ensure optimal data modeling (dimensional, normalized, vault )Data Governance & Qualit y Define data governance policies, metadata management, lineag e ...